About The Role

• DT Global is seeking expression of interest from qualified candidates for the role of a Jiinue Enterprise Trainer (JET) for the ongoing Jiinue Growth Program (JGP). The Jiinue Enterprise Trainer (JET) will be responsible for planning and coordinating capacity building activities to targeted youth and women micro-entrepreneurs – through investor readiness, entrepreneurship, life skills, digitization and small business management training, mentorship, and coaching.
• The position will entail coverage of an extensive geographical area that may require you to occasionally spend outside your area of residence.

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop, conduct, and manage the delivery of entrepreneurship and life skills training and mentorship in assigned county or region.
• Conduct training need assessments,
• Adopt curriculum, prepare lessons and session plans for training to fit target audience.
• Mobilize, identify, select, and enroll potential trainees.
• Plan, support, coordinate and deliver training activities.
• Conduct demand driven mentorship and coaching sessions of entrepreneurs.
• Plan mentorship activities for entrepreneurs and monitoring/ reviewing the progress of trainees/Mentees.
• Ensure that expected capacity building activities are met, i.e., training, mentorship, and coaching.
• Support and participate in continuous evaluation of the capacity building activities in conjunction with the monitoring and evaluation team.
• Participate in the development and updating of training materials, curriculum, and tools.
• Support and/ or facilitate market, information/ knowledge and financial linkages and business networks formation for the micro and small enterprises.
• Ensure proper continuous documentation and dissemination/ reporting of activities throughout the capacity building period such as lesson learnt, successes and challenges.
• Awareness creation amongst relevant stakeholders of existing and upcoming capacity building/technical assistance activities.

Selection Criteria:

Qualifications:

• University degree preferably in commerce related course; business management or entrepreneurship.
• Other professional business-related professional qualifications are an added advantage.

Experience, Knowledge, and Skills:

• At least three years of experience working with micro-enterprises and offering advisory/technical assistance/capacity building.
• Experience in preparing training curricular and manuals for micro-enterprises.
• Training and facilitation skills – International Labor Organization (ILO) Certification or any other global best practice training/mentorship/coaching certification.
• Good mastery of English, Swahili and at least one local language in the indicated preferred county of deployment.
• Leadership skills.
• Team player.
• Self-motivated.
• Organized with good planning skills.
• Passion for youth economic empowerment.